Soccer Player Files Concussion Lawsuit Against NCAA

Submitted by Allie Grasgreen on October 14, 2013 - 3:02am

Most of the discussions and lawsuits over concussions are coming from football players, but one former Samford University soccer player entered the fray last week, with a lawsuit against the National Collegiate Athletic Association arguing that the association didn’t do enough to educate athletes on the dangers of head trauma. Mary Shelton Wells’s athletic career ended in 2010 due to a brain injury sustained while playing soccer, WPMI Local 15[1] in Alabama reported.

The NCAA is facing multiple[2]concussion[3]lawsuits[4], some class action, filed by former football players. The National Football League recently agreed[5] to pay $765 million to settle a lawsuit by former players who argued the NFL deliberately concealed the dangers of head trauma.